Category: Food Systems
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Posted on August 2, 2023
UW–Madison Agronomy and Soils Field Day set for Aug. 30
Learn about the latest University of Wisconsin–Madison crop and soils research at the annual UW Agronomy and Soils Field Day set for Wednesday, Aug. 30 […]
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Posted on July 26, 2023
UW–Madison offers new major in animal and veterinary biosciences
“I will always be a cat and dog girl,” says Maria Rivera, with a glint of light in her eyes. Rivera, a third-year University of […]
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Posted on July 20, 2023
CDR offers cheese making course for Spanish-speakers
The Center for Dairy Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison hosts a lot of cheese making short courses — almost twenty per year. But most […]
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Posted on June 30, 2023
From hardship to hope: Team from CALS and Extension cultivates communities that can contend with farm stress together
Leon Statz used to get stressed about almost everything on his Sauk County farm. He worried about the weather, the bills, the crops. And when […]
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Posted on June 21, 2023
UW–Madison Agricultural Research Station field days for 2023 season
Summer is field day season at the UW–Madison CALS Agricultural Research Stations. Over the course of the growing season, the stations will host more than […]
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Posted on June 15, 2023
OGRAIN field days to showcase innovations in organic grain and forage production
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Organic Grain Resource and Information Network (OGRAIN) will host a series of four field days this summer highlighting innovations in the […]
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Posted on June 9, 2023
Kikkoman Foods, Inc. marks 50th anniversary of brewing soy sauce in the U.S. with $3M gift to CALS
On Friday, June 9, Kikkoman Foods, Inc. held a celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of its soy sauce production facility in […]
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Posted on June 1, 2023
Wisconsin Meat Industry Hall of Fame seeks nominations
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences and the Wisconsin Livestock and Meat Council are seeking nominations for the Wisconsin Meat Industry […]
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Posted on May 30, 2023
Landmark yeast study provides framework for understanding biodiversity, applications
Commonly known as brewer’s yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae tends to get credit for bread, beer, wine, ethanol and just about any other product of fermentation. In fact, for […]
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Posted on May 22, 2023
New video series gives taste of organic ag research, grad student training at UW
In 2020, an anonymous donation to the University of Wisconsin–Madison funded the creation of the UW Organic Collaborative, a group of faculty, staff and partners […]